Like the album title suggests, “Between Here & Lost” captures the honesty of light and darkness, beauty and tragedy, good and evil, delivered by a band with intense passion and commitment to the message of its music.

“This record was birthed from trials, tribulations, pain, suffering, anxiety, depression, and drama” states Welch. “However, we came out on top and the end result is a very real, raw & honest record. We are so stoked for people to hear it! From our opening song ‘The Abandoning’, to our cover of Devo’s ‘Whip it’, to our collaboration with Mattie Montgomery from For Today on ‘I W8 4 U’, It’s an exciting piece of art and the listener will feel the different range of emotions with the lyrics & melodies of each song.”

“Between Here & Lost” track listing:

01. The Abandoning

02. Whip It

03. Watching The Bottom Fall

04. By The Way…

05. Meltdown

06. My Disaster

07. I W8 4 U (featuring Mattie Montgomery)

08. Fading Away

09. Paralyzed

10. Chemicals

11. Bruises

Love & Death formed when Welch decided to have open auditions on YouTube in 2009. “I picked the guys and then had a jam session in Phoenix” says Welch. “Over the last couple of years, there have been a few line up changes as we went through normal growing pains. The current band has been together and touring for a while now and they are a big part of the new music and the future of Love & Death.”

Love & Death will be touring extensively in 2013 to support the effort.

“Death Of Me“, a brand new song from German heavy rockers PUMP featuring ex-BRAINSTORM singer Marcus Jürgens, can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. The track comes off the band’s new album, “Waiting for The Rapture“, which will be released later this year.

The band is currently in the studio with Axel Heckert at Studio 22 (Brainstorm, Symphorce), hard at work to mix and mastering the band’s fourth album “Waiting for The Rapture“.

PUMP is a band with a solid foundation and real Rock-N-Roll blood runnin’ down their veins. Five guys who where only born to do one thing, rock the world! So get ready to rock! Welcome to the world of PUMP!

LOS ANGELES CONCERT TO AIR LIVE NATIONWIDE ON AXS TVWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 (10:00 PM PDT)

MULTI-PLATINUM BRITISH GROUP LAUNCHES FIRST-EVER INTERACTIVE MUSIC APP

The multi-platinum Britishrock group THE DARKNESS have announced they’ll return to the U.S. for two one-night-only shows Sunday, October 21 in New York City at Terminal 5 and Wednesday, October 24 in Los Angeles at Club Nokia. Although the above dates mark the only remaining U.S. shows for 2012, on Wednesday, October 24 fans nationwide will get a glimpse of the thunderous power of the band when their Club Nokia concert will be broadcast as an exclusive television event on AXS TV.

In tech news, THE DARKNESS have released their first-ever interactive music app via The App Store and Google Play. For the new app, the group partnered with the technology firm Aurasma known for their one-of-a-kind image recognition technology. Aurasma’s technology unlocks a virtual world whereby memorabilia from the group’s HOT CAKES album including artwork, tour posters and photos come alive with interactive, hidden content. Also featured, “The Darkness Soundboard” includes soundbites from HOT CAKES that can be shared. The app allows exclusive access to official band news and Tweets, links to show tickets, alerts to watch the latest videos and the option to add personal photos into the app by adding #TheDarkness to your Instagram photos. For a faster connection to THE DARKNESS app, use wi-fi. Click here to experience it on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-darkness/id542038342?mt=8%20 and for Google Play, click here:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobileroadie.TheDarkness&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5tb2JpbGVyb2FkaWUuVGhlRGFya25lc3MiXQ.

THE DARKNESS—JUSTIN HAWKINS (vocals/guitars), DAN HAWKINS (guitars/backing vocals), FRANKIE POULLAIN (bass) and ED GRAHAM (drums)–are currently in the midst of a worldwide tour supportingLady Gaga to support their critically acclaimed third studio albumHOT CAKES out on Wind-up (see link to critical soundbites here: http://msopr.com/files/critical_quotes30.pdf). In a recent live review during the Monster Ball tour The Independent(U.K.) noted the group “Deliver a shameless feel-good stadium rock show like no one else alive” (9/16/12). HOT CAKES was produced by the band’s JUSTIN and DAN HAWKINS with long-time collaborator Nick Brine and mixed by Bob Ezrin. The resulting 11-song cycle delivers the epicrock anthems and infectious pop choruses the band has become renowned for worldwide.